Luke 15:8-10 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
We’ve been sitting with the Father, joining Him in His watch. He’s watching and waiting for His prodigals. His eyes scan the horizon just waiting for the first glimpse of His beloved’s return. We are joining Him and praying. He tells us that our prayers are the force necessary to change the hearts of His children. He’s confident that our prayers will avail – so confident that he’s fattening up some of his livestock to prepare for the pending celebrations. He is full of faith.
So, we continue to pray.
I speak to the minds and wills of prodigals and say, “Reject perverse ideas! Stay away from every evil in the Name of Jesus Christ.”
I command doors to open that would bring godly influences into their lives. I slam shut every door of evil influence in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
I take up the call to ferret out the wicked and free Your child from the grip of evil. I call down the powers of addiction in Jesus’ Mighty Name. You must go now. I bind the spirit of pride and arrogance. You must leave in Jesus’ Name.
I ask You, Father, to remove the film over the eyes of the deceived. I apply the Blood of Jesus to these eyes and cry out for mercy. I cry out for justice. I cry out for repentance and returning. May these beloved prodigals once again believe the good news – the good news that You are loving, forgiving, and just waiting to celebrate their return.
Amen
After I prayed this this morning, I looked back at the tree where the Father was waiting, and He was not there, just a few apple cores and a dove. There is a note simply saying, “Be back tomorrow.” He loves it when we wait with Him.
“Okay, Father. See you then.”
In the distance I could hear someone whistling a tune… “Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling…”
posted August 2, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Matthew 6:5-6 (King James Version)
5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
posted August 2, 2010 at 4:00 pm
“What do you think? Does prayer on a public sidewalk constitutes interference and should be grounds for arrest?”
I think that you, and many other news sources, are asking the wrong questions.
It’s not a question of whether or not prayer on a public sidewalk constitutes interference and is grounds for arrest, its a question of how and where can you protest without breaking laws.
I don’t care that Joe Holland was praying, he could have been doing a broadway song and dance outside of this abortion clinic. The bottom line is that he and the persons with him were protesting this abortion clinic. Just look at the sign the person next to Joe Holland is holding (signs are mentioned in Chicago’s Bubble Law), they were protesting – that’s plain as day. It doesn’t matter how they were protesting (praying, broadway song and dance), the act they were carring out was protesting.
There are many laws which tell us how far we can go with a protest, even those Westboro Baptist goon’s free speech is limited. They are not allowed to be within so many feet of a soldiers funeral, even if there is a public sidewalk right alongside of wherever that soldier is being burried. At both the democratic and republican national conventions there are designated protest areas for the opposing party. I don’t care if there is a public sidewalk that leads up to the entrance of a building which these events are being held, you cannot stand there and protest.
Whether limiting a person’s complete freedom to protest on public property is unconstitutional is another matter. But this is all about the limits of protest, it has nothing to do with communicating with your supernatural diety.
posted August 2, 2010 at 6:43 pm
The author(s?) of this blog, whoever they are, seem to be of the “Coax Christians to whine” persuasion. Some Christians whine plenty without being coaxed but political power can be gained by the coaxing, directly or indirectly.
I’d like to see whomever writes this whining blog show the courage to sign his or her name(s?).
posted August 3, 2010 at 7:40 am
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The author of the blog is posted at the bottom of every posting.
posted August 11, 2010 at 9:30 am
I want to make it perfectly clear right away that I am of strong Christian beliefs and oppose abortion clinics and violence of any kind. But, I don’t understand how standing in front of a building holding a sign and praying is obstructing anyone from going into that building. I admittedly do not know anything about the “Bubble Zone” so maybe I should not comment. However, don’t we have the right to “protest” peacefully about something we truly believe in? I emphasize “PEACEFULLY”. If this young man was standing IN the doorway preventing someone from going into the building then I agree that it would be wrong. Again, I do not know anything about the “Bubble Zone” law.
posted August 16, 2010 at 11:53 am
I don’t think that there is enough information given in the article to accurately formulate an opinion on whether or not what this man was doing could be considered disorderly conduct. We would need to know what eye witnesses said concerning the incident.